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Thank you all for making our first ever Walk to Fight Cancer and…WIN! event in Cameroon, a huge success! Over 350 people joined us this year in Douala, Cameroon, to Walk to Fight Cancer and…WIN!, in support of the CASEC program there. What is CASEC? It is a program that works with community groups ro

Date: Saturday, October 27, 2012 Starting at 7:00 P.M. Location: International Ballroom, Holiday Inn, Columbia, MD 20788. Tel-410 799 7500 Cost: $50.00 per Ticket We are launching the CASEC program. What is CASEC? It is a program that works with community groups to promote Cancer Awareness, Screening, Early detection and Care. FOR TICKETS TO THE

Date: Saturday, October 27, 2012 The Michael & Mauritia Patcha Foundation of Maryland started the Walk to fight Cancer and…WIN! event to generate critically needed funds to provide resources for cancer awareness, screening, early detection and care to vulnerable immigrant Maryland families. For more than 2 years, the foundation has supported thousands of families with

Date: Saturday, October 27, 2012 – In Douala Date: Saturday, November 3, 2012 – In Limbe Cancer in Africa Data obtained from the IARC (International Agency for research on Cancer) ‟GLOBOCAN 2002 database, shows that compared to developed countries Africans do not have a higher rate of cancer incidence but have an alarming higher mortality

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The foundation continues to work on acquiring various machines to aide in early detection of various kinds of cancer, such as mammography, MRI and ultrasound machines. At the October 2008 workshop in Buea, Cameroon, the foundation paid for 18 women to have mammograms.

In October 2008, we had a chance to take a survey during an important workshop in Buea, Cameroon. Needless to say, the results were both revealing and compelling. Viewing these results proved to be a major motivator in our efforts to tackle these critical issues of major diseases, that still don’t receive the attention or

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We are a not-for-profit organization in Silver Spring, Maryland in the United States, working in limited-resource settings in Africa. Our African base is in Cameroon, West Africa, where we operate in some of the provinces. Our services are funded mostly through grants and public support.

Our foundation is based on the belief that the community’s needs are of the utmost importance. Our entire team is committed to meeting those needs. We are committed to being the brand of care that makes a difference. We believe that good health is central to efficient and good living.